Border Force

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 298977**Salary**:

- £32,000 - £35,200- AHW is applicable on this role (see Further Information, below, for more details).- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HO - Borders and Enforcement - Border Force**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Shift Working**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Portsmouth - National Maritime Information CentreAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Border Force is a Law Enforcement arm of the Home Office. We are responsible for handling the UK border control by implementing immigration and customs regulations and working with the wider Home Office on counter terrorism, organised crime, modern slavery and trafficking. Learn more on the Border Force careers page.**Job description**:
The Joint Maritime Security Centre [JMSC] is the name given to UK’s cross government organisation for maritime security. The Joint Maritime Security Centre provides expert, independent advice, and support to government (including the Devolved Administrations and Crown Dependencies) on maritime security, including maritime related threat, operational capability and response mechanisms.

The Joint Maritime Security Centre is formed of two operational pillars - the JMSC Operations Centre and the National Maritime Information Centre.

The JMSC Operations Centre provides 24/7 awareness of the UK’s maritime asset distribution and ensures a coordinated and whole-system response to maritime security incidents at sea. The Operations Centre also contributes to the integrity of UK waters and the mitigation of threats at sea by informing operational decision making. On behalf of government, the Operations Centre also owns multi-agency Concept of Operations and Playbooks and delivers a joint exercising calendar.

The National Maritime Information Centre is a multi-agency construct that enables joint operational activity, information sharing & collaboration, and contributes to the UK’s maritime domain awareness and understanding of maritime threats at home and overseas.
- The Joint Maritime Security Centre is led by a Head of JMSC who is accountable to the Joint Governance Board comprising sponsors from Home Office, Department for Trade and Ministry of Defence. The work of the Joint Maritime Security Centre falls into three categories, as follows:
- Business as Usual [BAU] maritime security focused operational activities
- Supporting cross government development of maritime security strategy
- International engagement

Watch Supervisors and Watchkeepers monitor the UK Maritime Area, and increasingly international waters, developing, and maintaining situational awareness and coordinating the information response to any maritime security issues that may occur in a calm efficient manner. Watch Supervisors will need to conduct rudimentary first-line analysis of products before dissemination.

This includes utilising the following systems to build a comprehensive picture of the UK Maritime Area, and on occasion internationally:

- Maritime Trade Information System (MTIS).
- Recognised Maritime Picture (RMP).
- TELESTO (operating platform) Web Viewer.
- Computer Aided Maritime Threat Evaluation Software (CAMTES).
- Shared Hosting Environment
- Are self-starters who can work effectively under pressure, take responsibility for delivery, and works collaboratively with others to achieve the JMSC’s objectives.
- Are able to build effective stakeholder relationships and understand operational pressures across the JMSC and its stakeholders.
- Have strong communication skills.
- Are adaptable and responsive and sensitive to a changing political environment.
- Can prioritise workload needs.

Please note this role is offered on a full-time shift basis only, working a shift pattern covering 24/7, 365 days a year. Hybrid working is not an option.

**Person specification**:
**Responsibilities**:
Duties include but are not limited to:

- Liaise across partner agencies to coordinate responses to maritime security threats.
- Contribute to formulating response to maritime security issues and risks, assisting in the coordination of surface assets and aerial surveillance tasked to domestic maritime security activity.
- Provide 24/7 monitoring of the UK’s marine domain for possible legal infringements and emerging incidents.
- Provide reporting to partner agencies across Government, and occasionally internationally, to assist with analysis, enforcement, and incident response.
- Monitor social media and news sources for early identification of potential threats.
- Assist with production of business continuity and resilience plans for JMSC.
- Any other tasks that are required for the delivery of the JMSC operations function.

**Essential criteria**
- Excell